Chef Tanya Holland hosts first Taste of the Nation East Bay on October 20th « Oakland Local

“The chef has to jump off the line,” says Phil Surkis as he greets me at Brown Sugar Kitchen, one of the West Oakland restaurants he co-owns with his wife, Tanya Holland. Most Bay Area folks know Brown Sugar Kitchen (BSK) as the down-home, feast-for-the-senses breakfast joint with a line. If you’ve eaten there, you know it’s worth the wait. People are driving miles and miles to eat what San Francisco Chronicle Food Editor Michael Bauer says is “The best waffle on earth.” Made in Oakland, baby.